Signature Drink: The Baxter Inn’s Charlestown

Smooth sipping with a hard-hitting finish - for the Charlestown
cocktail at Sydney's Baxter Inn, the clues are in the name. "We
were inspired by the Winter Hill gang, which ran a gambling ring
out of the Boston industrial suburb in the 1960s," says general
manager Stuart Morrow. In the glass, Baxter whips out the big guns
with silky 16-year-old Lagavulin and a sweet vermouth. "There's a
great smokiness that punches through at the end," says Morrow. Word
to the wise: approach with caution. Knocking over a couple could
equal trouble.

Stir 50ml sweet vermouth and 20ml 16-year-old Lagavulin over
ice. Strain into a chilled coupe or Nick and Nora glass and garnish
with a lemon twist.